Process

If multiple options exist past 100% the one with the highest percentage will take priority.

Votes on a single option are capped at 200%. This cap is raised by if an option over 100% exists but maintains a 100% ceiling from there. e.g. A petition with a 150% option allows for other options to go up to 249%.

Users may withdraw or change their vote at any time. Selecting "◯ Blank Vote" will withdraw a vote on that field. Withdrawing votes will cause a gallery to revert to its original name or to the highest option that exceeds 99%.

Options left incomplete for more than 7 days are automatically purged.

Options with no votes are automatically removed.

Ideally a gallery that has not changed should only require 1 renaming at most.

Anatomy of A Gallery Name

Convention Name

The convention where the work was sold. Use shorthand whenever possible (see below). Never applies to [Digital] releases.

Circle Name(s)

The group names under which the artist(s) work. Never to be used on works where a circle is not credited. Artists can work under multiple circles or can change at any time; therefore users should never assume the circle name based on the artist name (and vice-versa).

Artist Name(s)

Writer names are also accepted for novel-type works but they are never to be tagged.

Title(s)

May include its translated name after a vertical bar if the work is translated (e.g. Nurse wo Kanojo ni Suru Houhou | How to Go Steady with a Nurse). Sub-titles should be separated with a hyphen.

The publication source of the scan. For magazines use title and date only. If a magazine title combines English and Japanese (e.g. COMIC 真激) add a space between the English and Japanese portions of the title.

Parody Name(s)

Names of the series being parodied. Most common in Doujinshi galleries. For the R field they are preferred how they are tagged or their official romaji.

In all cases where the colophon and the cover have conflicting information the colophon wins.

Additional information from the cover (such as subtitles, possibly English) is to be included in the R field but should only be added to the J field if it is in the colophon as well.

If the creator/parody names exceed 3 in number it is preferred to state "Various" / "よろず" instead.

Creator names should be written as credited on the work; this is especially the case when a creator's tag is aliased.

Languages should only be indicated for translated/rewritten works or wherever such languages would not be expected; e.g. [Japanese] is not needed because it is the default language for most works.

Any chapter collection should include the chapter numbers, except complete ones.

Leading zeros are only included if they appear explicitly; e.g. "Ch. 7" not Ch. 07", "COMIC1☆3" not "COMIC1☆03".

If the translation is released by a group (e.g. Doujin-moe) the group's name takes precedence over that of the translator. Translators who are anonymous or sources that are not official groups (e.g. /a/) should not be credited.

A translation of a rewrite is still a rewrite and thus follows that format.

J Field Only

For lists in the J field ideographic commas (、) are preferred over batsus (×) and ampersands (&). Ordinary commas are also acceptable; e.g. "大熊狸喜、かん奈" over "大熊狸喜×かん奈".

Symbols such as "☆" are mandatory for the J field but are optional for the R field.

All caps titles are mandatory for the J field but are optional for the R field.

Chinese and Korean original works (not translations) use the J field as though it was applicable to them instead of Japanese. Names in these fields must end with "[中国語]" or "[韓国語]" (Chinese and Korean respectively). Their non-romanized titles must be included in the R field as well (post-vertical line if a romanized title exists).

Renaming galleries (as well as expunging them) rewards points for the Cleanup Toplist. Users receive 5 points for being the first to petition and 1 point for voting on an existing petition. Points are only awarded on the day that the petition is successful and will not be rewarded if the petition does not pass.

Note that repeated poor use of rename petitions may result in the user being banned from using them further.

See also

Forum threads and wiki articles

The Rename/Reclass thread - For galleries that need renaming. Please indicate which option if there are multiple petition options.